Parallel Bible results for "1 Peter 2:11-12"

1 Peter 2:11-12

Revised Standard Version RSV

11 Beloved, I beseech you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh that wage war against your soul.

12 Maintain good conduct among the Gentiles, so that in case they speak against you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

New International Version NIV

11 Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul.

12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.